[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 24, Volume 4]

[Revised as of April 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 24CFR954.2]



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                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

 

CHAPTER IX--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING, 

               DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

 

PART 954_INDIAN HOME PROGRAM--Table of Contents

 

                      Subpart A_General Provisions

 

Sec.  954.2  Definitions.



    Adjusted income. See 24 CFR part 950.

    Annual income. See 24 CFR part 950.

    Area Office of Native American Programs (ONAP). See 24 CFR part 950.



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    Certification means a written assertion, based on supporting 

evidence, which must be kept available for inspection by HUD, the 

Inspector General and the public, which assertion is deemed to be 

accurate for purposes of this part, unless HUD determines otherwise 

after inspecting the evidence and providing due notice and opportunity 

for comment.

    Community-wide exception rents are maximum gross rents approved by 

HUD for the Rental Certificate program under Sec.  882.106(a)(3) of this 

title for a designated municipality, county, or similar locality, which 

apply to the whole IHA jurisdiction.

    Family. See 24 CFR part 950.

    HOME funds means funds made available under this part through 

grants, plus all repayments and interest or other return on the 

investment of these funds.

    Homeownership means ownership in fee simple title or a leasehold 

interest of not less than 50 years (including 25 years, automatically 

renewable for an additional term of 25 years) in a one-to-four unit 

dwelling or in a condominium unit, ownership or membership in a 

cooperative, or equivalent form of ownership approved by HUD. The 

ownership interest may be subject only to the restrictions on resale 

required under Sec.  954.307(a); mortgages, deeds of trust, or other 

liens or instruments securing debt on the property as approved by the 

tribe; or any other restrictions or encumbrances that do not impair the 

good and marketable nature of title to the ownership interest.

    Household means one or more persons occupying a housing unit.

    Housing includes site constructed, modular, manufactured housing and 

housing lots.

    HUD. See 24 CFR part 950.

    Indian housing authority (IHA). See 24 CFR part 950.

    Low-income family See 24 CFR part 950.

    Monthly adjusted income. See 24 CFR part 950.

    Monthly income. See 24 CFR part 950.

    NOFA means notice of funding availability.

    Project means housing developed, acquired, or assisted with HOME 

funds, and the improvement of this housing. It includes the site on 

which the housing is located and all of the HOME-assisted activities 

associated with the building and the site.

    Project completion means that all necessary title transfer 

requirements and construction work have been performed and the project 

complies with the requirements of this part (including the property 

standards adopted under Sec.  954.401); the final drawdown has been 

disbursed for the project; a Project Completion Report has been 

submitted and a final accounting of project expenses is provided by the 

grantee as prescribed by HUD. For tenant-based rental assistance, it 

also means the final drawdown has been disbursed for the project and the 

final payment certification has been submitted and processed as 

prescribed by HUD.

    Secretary means the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.

    Single room occupancy (SRO) housing means housing consisting of 

single room dwelling units that is the primary residence of its occupant 

or occupants. The unit may contain either food preparation facilities or 

sanitary facilities, or both. Alternatively, sanitary facilities may be 

located outside the unit and be shared by tenants in the project. SRO 

does not include facilities for students.

    Subgrantee means a public agency or nonprofit organization retained 

by the grantee under a written agreement to administer all or a portion 

of the grantee's program for its HOME grant. A public agency or 

nonprofit organization that receives HOME funds solely as a developer or 

owner of housing is not a subgrantee. The grantee's selection of a 

subgrantee is not subject to the procurement procedures and 

requirements.

    Tenant-based rental assistance is a form of rental assistance in 

which the assisted tenant may move from a dwelling unit with a right to 

continued assistance.

    Transitional housing means housing that--

    (1) Is designed to provide housing and supportive services to 

persons, including (but not limited to) deinstitutionalized individuals 

with disabilities, homeless individuals with disabilities,



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and homeless families with children; and

    (2) Has as its purpose facilitating the movement of individuals and 

families to independent living within a time period that is set by the 

grantee before occupancy.

    Very low-income family. See 24 CFR part 950.